The Empire Plan is a unique health insurance plan designed especially for public employees in New York State. Empire Plan benefits include inpatient and outpatient hospital coverage, medical/surgical coverage, Centers of Excellence for transplants, infertility and cancer, home care services, equipment and supplies, mental health and substance abuse coverage and prescription drug coverage.
ANDREW M. CUOMO
GOVERNOR
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL SERVICE
ALBANY, NEW YORK 12239
www.cs.ny.gov
JERRY BOONE
COMMISSIONER
NY12-18
PE12-12
PA12-12
PAEX12-11
TO: New York State Health Benefits Administrators; Participating Employer Health Benefits Administrators; Participating Agency Health Benefits Administrators
FROM: Employee Benefits Division
SUBJECT: New Reporting On Network Benefits
DATE: November 14, 2012
We are pleased to announce that the new version of the publication Reporting On Network Benefits is at the printer and will be shipped to agencies soon. It includes valuable information about covered services within The Empire Plan's provider networks, finding a participating provider and also non-network benefits.
This version updates the April 2011 version. Please recycle any copies you may have of this version.
Distribution
We will send five copies of this publication to each agency in late November. It will not be mailed to enrollees' homes, but will be included in the New Hire/New Retiree Quick Order Packages that are only available to order on HBA Online.
Publications available on our web site: https://www.cs.ny.gov
Please check this web site for new publications. We generally post publications when we sign off for printing. This publication will be available on HBA Online under Publications & Forms and on NYSHIP Online. From the NYSHIP Online homepage, click on Using Your Benefits and then Publications.
Ordering Publications
You may order additional copies of this publication by ordering on HBA Online [AL1174 RO Network Benefits/October 2012] under Publications & Forms. If you need help accessing HBA Online, please call the Civil Service Help Desk at 1-800-422-3671 or 518-457-5406. Call the EBD Help Line at 518-474-2780 with questions about NYSHIP benefits. If you have a back order of the April 2011 publication, we will fill it with the new version. Please do not place another order until the first one is received.
If you are unsure of how to order publications or have questions about this distribution, please call the Communications Unit at 518-457-7577.